Chenopodium album

Chenopodium album L.

Lambsquarters

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On a branching plant, often with red-streaked stems, grow clustered spikes of minute, unstalked flowers.

Many of the introduced members of this family are weeds with non-showy flowers that invade lawns and gardens. Many more species of this genus are found North America, among them Mexican Tea (C. ambrosioides), an aromatic plant that has oblong or lanceolate leaves with wavy-toothed margins; and Jerusalem-oak (C. botrys), also aromatic but with has oak-like leaves.